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better than barack obama. i mean, barack obama's speech w was -- i thought he delivered it very well but bill clinton was a country lawyer and he -- >> it could explain. >> he went item by item and blew up romney's arguments and built up barack obama's arguments. >> bill clinton heads to new hampshire next week to campaign for the president because he is that useful. what do you think, mr. speaker of mr. mitt romney's chances as things stand right now? how do you feel about it? >> i think he has to have a very strong debate. i think they're whistling past the grave yard. >> is that another way of saying he is not doing so well right now? >> sure. i think everybody i talk to agrees he's had two and a half very tough weeks. and i do agree. i think they started with the clinton speech and then they got compounded by all of the stuff that happened. on the other hand, where i think i would disagree and go back to my partisan roots is clinton really described a terrific obama if only he existed. >> right. >> but the
better than barack obama. i mean, barack obama's speech w was -- i thought he delivered it very well but bill clinton was a country lawyer and he -- >> it could explain. >> he went item by item and blew up romney's arguments and built up barack obama's arguments. >> bill clinton heads to new hampshire next week to campaign for the president because he is that useful. what do you think, mr. speaker of mr. mitt romney's chances as things stand right now? how do you feel about...
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obama. you heard them as we bumped in. he made them on friday to refocus the campaign narrative, suggesting that the president has an anti-business bias. >> in the past, people of both parties understood that encouraging achievement, encouraging success, people to lift themselves as high as they can, encouraging entrepreneurs, celebrating success instead of attack it makes america strong. that's the right course for this country. his course is extraordinarily foreign. >> the obama campaign responded to romney's criticism, defending the president's comments on businesses, writing in part, there are critical actions we must take to support businesses and encourage new ones. that means we need the best infrastructure, a good education system, and affordable domestic sources of clean energy. those are investments we make not as individuals, but as americans and our nation benefits from them. i -- i mean, john heilemann, i feel a little tired by this. if i defend the president's comme comments, y
obama. you heard them as we bumped in. he made them on friday to refocus the campaign narrative, suggesting that the president has an anti-business bias. >> in the past, people of both parties understood that encouraging achievement, encouraging success, people to lift themselves as high as they can, encouraging entrepreneurs, celebrating success instead of attack it makes america strong. that's the right course for this country. his course is extraordinarily foreign. >> the obama...
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that is a new obama ad airing in swing states. with us now from boston, senior adviser to the romney campaign, ed gillespie, the man i hope i can tag and maybe you can do the rest of the show. the talking points of the young marksist league is wearing me down! >> tag me, joe. i'm ready to jump into the ring. >> we are relitigating 1993. forget 2012. this is just -- anyway, so first of all, respond to the ad if you will that you just saw. >> you know, it's remarkable, joe. the only person calling for tax increases right now is president obama. and he wants to raise taxes on small business, job creators which is the exact wrong thing to do when we have 8.2% unemployment. governor romney is calling for tax relief. we want to keep the current tax rates for everyone. and president obama is the only one calling for raising those taxes. we know, by the way, that the tax in his health care bill that over 70% of it hits, for example, a family of four with income of $120,000. it's a square hit on the middle class. this president, you know,
that is a new obama ad airing in swing states. with us now from boston, senior adviser to the romney campaign, ed gillespie, the man i hope i can tag and maybe you can do the rest of the show. the talking points of the young marksist league is wearing me down! >> tag me, joe. i'm ready to jump into the ring. >> we are relitigating 1993. forget 2012. this is just -- anyway, so first of all, respond to the ad if you will that you just saw. >> you know, it's remarkable, joe. the...
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obama's top people. why don't you do what schumer says, the millionaire tax deal. >> yes. >> just talking politics, that makes sense. we can't raise taxes. we're in a recession. they were all jack kemp. i hear everybody go oh, he had to raise the taxes because it was good. they didn't want to raise taxes. by the way, anybody that talked to them knows that's the reality. i mean that line is just a bunch of malarkey they put out there. lawrence, i still don't think -- >> i think what he said was true. i disagree with that. >> well, obama's people weren't saying that at the time. they were saying they couldn't raise taxes on anybody because the recession is bad, behind the scenes. you've talked about how republicans use the tax card so well. do you really believe that this president and democrats are going to allow the -- i call them obama tax cuts, to expire at the end of this year? >> we will show this little piece of video tape on january 2nd when we go off the cliff. yeah. i should have brought you one
obama's top people. why don't you do what schumer says, the millionaire tax deal. >> yes. >> just talking politics, that makes sense. we can't raise taxes. we're in a recession. they were all jack kemp. i hear everybody go oh, he had to raise the taxes because it was good. they didn't want to raise taxes. by the way, anybody that talked to them knows that's the reality. i mean that line is just a bunch of malarkey they put out there. lawrence, i still don't think -- >> i think...
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. >> they're on president obama's job performance in the white house. 44% now approve of president obama's overall job in office. 46 % sdis approve. president obama's favoribility 36%, 48% view him as unfavorable. >> jim vandehei, favoribility, that is stunning for a sitting president running for re-election. almost one in three americans approve of the job he's doing. one in three. >> it's lower than any other poll we've seen. if that's true and it's not a glitch he loses. >> you can't win with 36% favorable ratings as an incumbent. >> now you know why they went on the offensive. clearly why they decided they had to characterize and characterize -- >> got to destroy mitt romney. so the president's upside down, what, 13 points, between his favorable and unfavorable. mitt romney is also upside down in favoribility. >> his ratings four points lower than the president's in this poll. 32% favorable few of the former massachusetts governor as favorable, 36% unfavorable. >> of course, jim, there you only have the 4 percentage point difference between favorable and unfavorable because americans a
. >> they're on president obama's job performance in the white house. 44% now approve of president obama's overall job in office. 46 % sdis approve. president obama's favoribility 36%, 48% view him as unfavorable. >> jim vandehei, favoribility, that is stunning for a sitting president running for re-election. almost one in three americans approve of the job he's doing. one in three. >> it's lower than any other poll we've seen. if that's true and it's not a glitch he loses....
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candidate obama lied about hillary clinton. >> so shame on you, barack obama. >> but america expects more from a president. obama's dishonest campaign, another reason america has lost confidence in barack obama. >> in just over an hour, vice president joe biden will offer rebuttal of romney's economic argument when he speaks to the
candidate obama lied about hillary clinton. >> so shame on you, barack obama. >> but america expects more from a president. obama's dishonest campaign, another reason america has lost confidence in barack obama. >> in just over an hour, vice president joe biden will offer rebuttal of romney's economic argument when he speaks to the
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the challenge is to persuade people who hired obama, it's now time to fire obama. it's time not to give him a second shot. most of those people you saw in that add were speaking more in sorrow than anger. it was very low key. we'll see what the impact of that is. that's a demonstration of what we're in for because that's financed bay super pac. didn't come out of the romney campaign. >> it's interesting, how could the democrats respond to that? what would be their sort of message like that? i can't think of anything off the top of my head, you know. it's very effective that way. >> it's to scare the hell out of people. >> not that tone though. which is a great tone. >> romney is a rich guy, killed my wife, doesn't pay taxes. >> interesting letter in "the new york times" the choice of paul d. ryan as his running mate, mitt romney has left no doubts about his intentions for the direction of our government. now i'm afraid to vote for president obama because he may not be able to do what he says. i am also afraid to vote for mr. romney because he may be able to do what
the challenge is to persuade people who hired obama, it's now time to fire obama. it's time not to give him a second shot. most of those people you saw in that add were speaking more in sorrow than anger. it was very low key. we'll see what the impact of that is. that's a demonstration of what we're in for because that's financed bay super pac. didn't come out of the romney campaign. >> it's interesting, how could the democrats respond to that? what would be their sort of message like...
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he'll be greeted by the new obama ad. this time asking if romney and the unreleased years, quote, paid any taxes at all. >> tax havens offshore accounts, carried interest. mitt rom any has used every trick in the book. romney admits that in the last three years he's paid -- we don't know because romney has released just one full year of his tax returns and won't release anything before 2010. >> i have put out as much as we're going to put out. >> what is mitt romney hiding? >> it will not die, the taxes story and mitt romney, the president will not let it and he was back in ohio yet for his eighth trip to the state thi
he'll be greeted by the new obama ad. this time asking if romney and the unreleased years, quote, paid any taxes at all. >> tax havens offshore accounts, carried interest. mitt rom any has used every trick in the book. romney admits that in the last three years he's paid -- we don't know because romney has released just one full year of his tax returns and won't release anything before 2010. >> i have put out as much as we're going to put out. >> what is mitt romney hiding?...
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and that's when obama pulled away. the reverse could happen, we could have a good jobs report and people could finally come to obama. there's so much left to know. we've been fighting over tax return disclosure and things like that that when we get down to those debates and last job numbers, that's going to be the more impactful aspect. >> the debates could be huge. that could be the time people deep side whether or not they trust mitt romney. >> in one respect the idea mitt romney isn't releasing tax returns is important. there's a sekcy element he needs to get over. he has to fill in the holes. i think that's part of the sell he has to make to the team. you are promising a very good pile of debates, the debates are always game changers, though the last debates were the most boring i've ever seen in my life. those guys usually handle debates okay. they're going to ask me 90 seconds about tax policy, 90 seconds about the deficit and they're going to ask me 90 second about foreign policy. and it seems to me that in that
and that's when obama pulled away. the reverse could happen, we could have a good jobs report and people could finally come to obama. there's so much left to know. we've been fighting over tax return disclosure and things like that that when we get down to those debates and last job numbers, that's going to be the more impactful aspect. >> the debates could be huge. that could be the time people deep side whether or not they trust mitt romney. >> in one respect the idea mitt romney...
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president obama, they put him up on the kiss cam. you go g to the arena, they want them to kiss and they didn't oblige. didn't do it. got a little boo from the crowd. lebron, he will 30 points. kevin durant the dunk. team usa wins 80-69. president obama given another chance on the kiss cam. let's see if he's going to do it this time. leans in. his daughter prodding him. there you go. that's more like it. the president of of the united states on kiss cam. >> a lot of talk surrounding the 2012 version of the dream team has centered around kobe bryant's assertion that this year's team would beat the original 1992 dream team, michael, magic, larry, 11 future hall of famers. at halftime president obama did his part to put that debate to rest. >> you know, there's a generational thing. i was around in '92, i was a bulls fan so i've got to go with the original dream team and i suspect that michael and sir charles and others would point out they were probably never down at any point in any of their games. but this is a great team, unbelievab
president obama, they put him up on the kiss cam. you go g to the arena, they want them to kiss and they didn't oblige. didn't do it. got a little boo from the crowd. lebron, he will 30 points. kevin durant the dunk. team usa wins 80-69. president obama given another chance on the kiss cam. let's see if he's going to do it this time. leans in. his daughter prodding him. there you go. that's more like it. the president of of the united states on kiss cam. >> a lot of talk surrounding the...
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watch what the obama campaign is doing, right? why are they running this attack strategy on romney to try to do everything they can to -- because it's a two-step process to replace -- if you're going to replace a president. number one, you have to make the decision you'll consider doing it. that decision's been made. there's a majority of the country that's thinking about it, that's clear. but part two of that is you consider the alternative. it is a much more of a personal vote. a vote for senate, for house. those can be referendums on the party in power. but at the end of the day, that last group of voters, the voters that provide the 50% plus one, they make a personal decision and that is why you're seeing this unloading, if you will, and i think at some point the romney campaign has to do more than say, hey, look, that guy is desperate, that's why they're doing this. okay, that's true. that is true. that is why they're doing this. they're planting seeds of doubt because they know the climate makes it where you have swing voter
watch what the obama campaign is doing, right? why are they running this attack strategy on romney to try to do everything they can to -- because it's a two-step process to replace -- if you're going to replace a president. number one, you have to make the decision you'll consider doing it. that decision's been made. there's a majority of the country that's thinking about it, that's clear. but part two of that is you consider the alternative. it is a much more of a personal vote. a vote for...
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we're brewed by starbucks. [ obama ] i'm barack obama and i approve this message. [ male announcer ] you work hard. stretch every penny. but chances are you pay a higher tax rate than him... mitt romney made twenty million dollars in two thousand ten but paid only fourteen percent in taxes... probably less than you now he has a plan that would give millionaires another tax break... and raises taxes on middle class families by up to two thousand dollars a year. mitt romney's middle class tax increase. he pays less. you pay more. >>> on sunday, may 1st, the west wing was abuzz with activity as a u.s. special operations team killed osama bin laden in a compound in pakistan at the president's direction. before informing the american people, they called president bush and clinton as well as congressional leaders to give them the news. >> the reason i'm calling is to tell you we killed him. >> tonight i can report to the american people and to the world that the united states has conducted an operation that killed osama bin laden, the leader of al qaeda. >> that was a look blind the scenes
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the obama people agree with this. they said to me yesterday one reason why this tape's getting so much coverage is because romney's not filling the vacuum with anything. he's doing one public event a day, maybe one interview a day, doing mostly closed fund-raisers. he hasn't changed the narrative in a month positive direction. he must change things in a more positive direction, and that's what they're counting on in the first debate. >> if you're only doing one event a day, it's because your staff is scared to get you out there. one a day. >> which is a problem. >> or you just don't like to? >> or it's based upon the assumption you can win an election by essentially making it a referendum on the incumbent, and that strategy is not going to be enough. you've got to give a positive case for the alternative. >> i agree. they need to read the peggy noonan editorial and readjust. >>> keith ellison joins us, chuck todd, academy award winner denzel washington and the discovery channel's micke rowe. >>> up next, sam stein. fi
the obama people agree with this. they said to me yesterday one reason why this tape's getting so much coverage is because romney's not filling the vacuum with anything. he's doing one public event a day, maybe one interview a day, doing mostly closed fund-raisers. he hasn't changed the narrative in a month positive direction. he must change things in a more positive direction, and that's what they're counting on in the first debate. >> if you're only doing one event a day, it's because...
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romney 45, obama, 42. >> i was surprised that it took the obama campaign a week to come out with their first medicare ad. and they did. it was the aarp spot. they said they we wanted to make sure we got it right the first time. we didn't want to go out there too quickly and mess it up. >> i was spriesd at the turnaround. were you surprised it turned around that quickly? >> when you look at how well the republicans have driven the medicare narrative the last ten days or two weeks, they've been winning in the -- obama campaign had been saying this to us, we think we're winning right now the medicare message. i still say let's see what happens. you're fighting into a draw. you're spending time fighting it to a draw. is that what you want to be spending time doing? by the way, on this -- as you were discussing, this romney and empathy, and all this stuff. i swear the l.a. convention in 2000, before al gore's thursday night speech, we were having the same conversation. what is it about al gore that we don't already know? what new can he do? what did he do? gave the convention speech of his
romney 45, obama, 42. >> i was surprised that it took the obama campaign a week to come out with their first medicare ad. and they did. it was the aarp spot. they said they we wanted to make sure we got it right the first time. we didn't want to go out there too quickly and mess it up. >> i was spriesd at the turnaround. were you surprised it turned around that quickly? >> when you look at how well the republicans have driven the medicare narrative the last ten days or two...
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we have the highest corporate tax rate in the world and the obama administration is part of obama care is increasing the capital gains tax by 25%. if we are trying to attack capital to hire more people and deploy technology and improve benefits, where do you think that $850 billion you were going to talk about is going to go? it goes to the government instead of going for more employees and higher wages and for expanding the economy. that's pretty simple. >> it is? i'm not sure it's that simple. i will let terry argue with you. would you agree with haley barber on this? >> we are in agreement on the global economy and the reason why we are sitting here today, i unveil and rolled out the first car. i went to china two years ago and bought the most advanced company and moved it to the united states of america and on friday we had 1,000 folks at the factory opening. it was a great roll out. we have to get back to manufacturing. we can't be a service economy. we have to make things here in america. we are making cars and shipping them to denmark. it's a great american success story, but it
we have the highest corporate tax rate in the world and the obama administration is part of obama care is increasing the capital gains tax by 25%. if we are trying to attack capital to hire more people and deploy technology and improve benefits, where do you think that $850 billion you were going to talk about is going to go? it goes to the government instead of going for more employees and higher wages and for expanding the economy. that's pretty simple. >> it is? i'm not sure it's that...
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the obama campaign royaled by conflict. i got your flash, i'm sitting there and, of course, we're watching my family we're all sitting around and we're -- >> flash. >> eating corn chips, and we're watching the wonderful world of disney and flash, comes the sea of galilee creaming headline. >> naked. >> from the bulletin, the bulletin. like walter cronkite, you know. guess he wouldn't break into the wonderful world of disney. breaking into the waltons on a saturday night. but you -- the sea of galilee thing, this is not good for the republican brand, is it? >> it's not. people calling it the gop gone wild and it's time when people don't trust congress, people don't like congress, and here we have 20 lawmakers and aides showing terrible judgment in one of the most sensitive parts of the country. the leaders who were on the trip, the number two house republican eric cantor and number three house republican kevin mccarthy stepped away from this dinner, but underscoring the problem with it are the lame excuses that some of the m
the obama campaign royaled by conflict. i got your flash, i'm sitting there and, of course, we're watching my family we're all sitting around and we're -- >> flash. >> eating corn chips, and we're watching the wonderful world of disney and flash, comes the sea of galilee creaming headline. >> naked. >> from the bulletin, the bulletin. like walter cronkite, you know. guess he wouldn't break into the wonderful world of disney. breaking into the waltons on a saturday night....
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barack obama and bill clinton. bill clinton complaining bitterly for a year that obama wasn't even calling. now look what's happening. it looks like he understands he needs bill clinton at this c conventi convention. what do we expect to see? >> i think bill clinton has become like that character in the best man i just saw for the third time yesterday in new york here, that great play about the former president, in this case played by james earl jones. and i think he wants to be that big man, and he is, the big man of the party who will last through each election whether you win or lose, and i think he wants to clear the field for secretary clinton for next time. part of it is destroying anybody who opposed her in any democratic primary this spring, especially in pennsylvania where he showed his power, and to do it in a pouch way. he's doing carrot and stick. if you missed with hillary last time around you're not even in the game this time. he's saying, look, but i'm the party. so if barack loses i'm the party, if
barack obama and bill clinton. bill clinton complaining bitterly for a year that obama wasn't even calling. now look what's happening. it looks like he understands he needs bill clinton at this c conventi convention. what do we expect to see? >> i think bill clinton has become like that character in the best man i just saw for the third time yesterday in new york here, that great play about the former president, in this case played by james earl jones. and i think he wants to be that big...
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it's more they've moved away from obama. so, you know, times story this week is interesting, makes a great point in private equity you think somebody in business is who you want, right? leader, great analytical skills, all of that, but in private equity it's a different ballpark. not really you get to pick and choose your battles, hyper surgical about what you focus on, pick the least risk and most opportunity, opportunities that are, you know, the best, the lowest hanging fruit really and you don't get to do that in the oval office. it's completely the opposite. >> mitt romney has a piece we were talking about it in our last hour wrote an op-ed in the "wall street journal" what i learned at bain capital. we were discussing the wisdom of bringing bain capital up again. what's your view? is that a strong suit for him to talk about his years at bain? >> i think right now bain for the general american voting public is still synonymous with layoffs and i think that has been pounded in for the past several months and i think that
it's more they've moved away from obama. so, you know, times story this week is interesting, makes a great point in private equity you think somebody in business is who you want, right? leader, great analytical skills, all of that, but in private equity it's a different ballpark. not really you get to pick and choose your battles, hyper surgical about what you focus on, pick the least risk and most opportunity, opportunities that are, you know, the best, the lowest hanging fruit really and you...
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this is obama's strategy. look over here at the shiny object here, don't look at the big picture, an economy on the brink that i didn't do a thing about and made things worse. that's what this is about. >> ok, harold. so answer the question, ignoring everything that the rnc chairman said. i'm just saying because i want to keep you focused, and i want you to answer the question that candy asked. why shouldn't millionaires pay more in taxes? >> they should. we should reform the entire code. >> so you support the buffett rule? >> there's a big difference between the buffett rule and reforming the tax code. i don't quite understand how you -- if people enjoy the majority if not all of their income from investment income, you have to raise the capital gains rate because they -- you have to raise the dividend rates. i don't know how you -- i don't know how the buffett rule addresses that fully. again, as i've stated time and time again, my concern, and i think john probably articulated it best and more artfully, i'd
this is obama's strategy. look over here at the shiny object here, don't look at the big picture, an economy on the brink that i didn't do a thing about and made things worse. that's what this is about. >> ok, harold. so answer the question, ignoring everything that the rnc chairman said. i'm just saying because i want to keep you focused, and i want you to answer the question that candy asked. why shouldn't millionaires pay more in taxes? >> they should. we should reform the entire...
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and barack obama, mitt romney, not. not. >> clinton is more believable. >> yeah. >> well -- >> he's got, thanks to republicans like me, be you know, 21 million new jobs. >> there you go. i knew you would get it in there. >> he couldn't leave it out. >> we balanced the budget, forced him to pass welfare reform. we did a lot of things that helped him write his biography and make him the man he is today. we also impeached him but it was the '90s. >> everybody was doing it. >> that's funny. the president wrote me, you know, to joe, one of these pictures, with great appreciation. bill clinton. and i hung it in my law office in one of my partners came in and said, appreciation for what? impeaching him? it was a very complex thing. >> different times. >> jim vandehei, thanks. we'll talk to you. >> take care. >> don't mess with joe girardi during his postgame press conference. >> this is not good. >> yankees manager goes after a heckler. we'll show you. >> he's routed out too. okay, here's the plan. you have a plan? first we're
and barack obama, mitt romney, not. not. >> clinton is more believable. >> yeah. >> well -- >> he's got, thanks to republicans like me, be you know, 21 million new jobs. >> there you go. i knew you would get it in there. >> he couldn't leave it out. >> we balanced the budget, forced him to pass welfare reform. we did a lot of things that helped him write his biography and make him the man he is today. we also impeached him but it was the '90s. >>...
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what obama knows now. there is a great interview with him released this morning with michael scherrer. he talked about things he did wrong. >> what communication. >> that's part of it. what michael's story says is we thought he was a man of words. turns out he's a man of deeds. he can't use the words to explain the deeds he's done. we have a great story. >> what does that mean? >> something like michael grunwald's book, the new deal. he talks about the stimulus changed things in many ways for the better that will be around generations hence. money for solar, new forms of energy, race to the top. all of these things and the president has been unable to actually explain it and talk about why it's something that is good and beneficial. when he talks about miscommunication or bad communication he's saying, look, there are things that voters should know about what the administration has done that i have been unable to explain. >> so it is. >> of all politicians that run into trouble they say it's a communicatio
what obama knows now. there is a great interview with him released this morning with michael scherrer. he talked about things he did wrong. >> what communication. >> that's part of it. what michael's story says is we thought he was a man of words. turns out he's a man of deeds. he can't use the words to explain the deeds he's done. we have a great story. >> what does that mean? >> something like michael grunwald's book, the new deal. he talks about the stimulus changed...
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sam said he can't find somebody -- >> it's not even an obama campaign ad. >> it's not an obama ad. i brought up bill burton's name. everybody know who bill is. bill could not be any tighter than you and the white house. >> can i get you on the record that you're perfectly fine with an ad republicans said is untrue? >> i'm not standing here defending an ad. you are or saying -- >> you're playing upon shus pilot saying my hands are clean. i can -- i can do nothing on this ad that suggests mitt romney killed my wife. >> i love you seem to be adding to the discourse in our political debate labeling me pontius pilot. >> i'm not accusing you of killing anybody. >> i think that it is -- it is not surprising that you guys have decided there's differences in gradations of -- >> no. here's -- >> robert -- >> don't put words in my mouth. you asked me and i told you. i'm not defending mitt romney's ad. >> but let's play this out. is the ad untrue? >> i'm going to actually check and see. >> is there any truth to the charge that we are getting rid of work requirement for welfare coverage? >> no.
sam said he can't find somebody -- >> it's not even an obama campaign ad. >> it's not an obama ad. i brought up bill burton's name. everybody know who bill is. bill could not be any tighter than you and the white house. >> can i get you on the record that you're perfectly fine with an ad republicans said is untrue? >> i'm not standing here defending an ad. you are or saying -- >> you're playing upon shus pilot saying my hands are clean. i can -- i can do nothing on...
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those are the folks in the obama side. if romney were to win, there's a bunch of people to watch, but beth myers in particular, somebody you should watch today because she is a person who's leading the search for the vice presidential pick. a long-time confident, one or two people really close, totally trusted by the romney family. she would have a huge role in any administration and i think her role right now is bigger than ever. a lot of talk this morning, starting from this item on the drudge report about who might be the pick of condi rice according to drudge has moved up to the top of the list. >> talk about condi in a second. meacham stuck on this page. eva longoria. >> hispanic shift. >> those are the hollywood players. that's meacham's base. >> that's right. very, very -- >> he wouldn't turn the page. condi rice, this is an interesting story. topping the list, close to the top of the list? how good is the info on that? >> i don't know. i'm trying to read that one because my theory on that might be it was leaked out
those are the folks in the obama side. if romney were to win, there's a bunch of people to watch, but beth myers in particular, somebody you should watch today because she is a person who's leading the search for the vice presidential pick. a long-time confident, one or two people really close, totally trusted by the romney family. she would have a huge role in any administration and i think her role right now is bigger than ever. a lot of talk this morning, starting from this item on the...
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take a look. >> i'm barack obama. i approve this message. >>. ♪ oh beautiful for spacious skies for waves of gray ♪ ♪ for purple mountains majesty above the fruited plains ♪ ♪ america ♪ god shed his grace on thee ♪ ♪ and crown thy good with brotherhood ♪ >> wow. joe, i don't know. you can take it to kevin. i just -- that's a good ad. >> i think mocking them -- are they mocking him for singing -- >> he does not sing well. >> yeah. i was just going to say, kevin madden, it makes me sad that the obama campaign hates that song. >> right. >> i mean it's -- that's where senor was going with that, wasn't he? >> yeah. >> no, they're mocking him for singing patriotic songs. >> oh come on. >> patriotic songs while -- >> they're going to burn the american flag next, right? joe klein, it's 1988 all over again. no, actually, kevin, though, that's a pretty darn impressive ad. use a guy's own voice, you use an a tactic that he runs around singing patriotic songs and then put up those headlines that's fairly effecti
take a look. >> i'm barack obama. i approve this message. >>. ♪ oh beautiful for spacious skies for waves of gray ♪ ♪ for purple mountains majesty above the fruited plains ♪ ♪ america ♪ god shed his grace on thee ♪ ♪ and crown thy good with brotherhood ♪ >> wow. joe, i don't know. you can take it to kevin. i just -- that's a good ad. >> i think mocking them -- are they mocking him for singing -- >> he does not sing well. >> yeah. i was just...
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i'm barack obama. i approve this message. >> so how does mitt romney, michael steele, inspire people to feel like they can prosper like he did? i'll ask you one more time. because you look at that interview and he's like he's very upset success is being attacked. >> it is. it is being attacked. >> only very few people -- >> great commercial. the president has nice floury words. we're looking at family members and friends dealing and struggling in this economy. what have you done to lift people out of that. look at the policies. look at how you have, through spending, debt creation, and those types of weights and barriers have been placed on people how do you move the country forward when it's obvious you have it. that's what mitt romney needs to talk about, how his policies will be different -- >> is there something about his policies that would help people feel hope again they could achieve success? >> sure. >> perhaps success like -- what? >> freeing up the entrepreneurial spirit, trusting the entrep
i'm barack obama. i approve this message. >> so how does mitt romney, michael steele, inspire people to feel like they can prosper like he did? i'll ask you one more time. because you look at that interview and he's like he's very upset success is being attacked. >> it is. it is being attacked. >> only very few people -- >> great commercial. the president has nice floury words. we're looking at family members and friends dealing and struggling in this economy. what have...
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did obama adopt all of his idea. >> no. but he brought him in as an adviser. >> but it's risky and you have one of the most risk averse nominees in menry. >> is that the problem, chris? >> let's go into ryan for a second. he's not like a leon panetta. he's an iron rand believer. he's an objectiveness. so he really wants to reward the winners. it's end income with case, the rich. raise them up to pa what a working woman has to pay. cap gains believes in getting rid of the caps gain hats. he wants to help out the winner -- i think he's eyeing rand. >> you think that paul ryan doesn't like people or -- >> let throw down. i don't think he's sitting worried about the people on pell grants. i i don't think he's worried about the working poor. i think he's working for the winters. that's who he wants to incentivise i noticed about the conservative movement is they believe the way to get richard is to work harder is to give more opinion. the way to give poor people money is to -- let's give the richest guy a tax break because it wi
did obama adopt all of his idea. >> no. but he brought him in as an adviser. >> but it's risky and you have one of the most risk averse nominees in menry. >> is that the problem, chris? >> let's go into ryan for a second. he's not like a leon panetta. he's an iron rand believer. he's an objectiveness. so he really wants to reward the winners. it's end income with case, the rich. raise them up to pa what a working woman has to pay. cap gains believes in getting rid of the...
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barack obama is, you know, i attack george bush for eight years for spending too much, barack obama in four years is probably going to catch up with george w. bush. $5 trillion added to the national debt over the past four years. let's have a debate on the debt. >> and tax policy is a huge part of this. we've talked ability medicare but the question of, do you reform the tax code, do you eliminate deductions? the ryan plan does a lot with mortgage interest, that sort of thing. these are fundamental questions and it's not something that's going to get, i think, a very intellectually rich debate. >> it seems to me, though, mark halperin, mitt romney's going to have to fill in the blanks on his tax plan. where is he going to pay for these tax cuts? >> i don't think he intends to and i don't know he'll have to. they will try to turn back to talking about the president. >> they're talking about getting rid of certain deductions. >> he thinks they're going to cost nothing. >> neither ryan or romney have specified what deductions they would limit or cut back and romney told me when i intervie
barack obama is, you know, i attack george bush for eight years for spending too much, barack obama in four years is probably going to catch up with george w. bush. $5 trillion added to the national debt over the past four years. let's have a debate on the debt. >> and tax policy is a huge part of this. we've talked ability medicare but the question of, do you reform the tax code, do you eliminate deductions? the ryan plan does a lot with mortgage interest, that sort of thing. these are...
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shouldn't you feel that way now that he's president obama? you know there's something wrong with the kind of job he's done as president when the best feeling you had was the day you voted for him. president obama promised to begin to slow the rise of the oceans. and to heal the planet. my promise is to help you and your family. >> there was some great -- great line, sam stein. one of the great lines we just heard it which was about stopping the rising of the oceans but i'm going to help you. which was great. >> the theme of the night too. >> set up a great contrast. but there were also some pretty well-delivered lines in this speech. >> yeah. i thought the whole speech -- i thought the whole night was the microcosm of the romney campaign at large you have this well produced show, going well, romney sort of working through it, he's not exactly the most thrilling candidate. marco rubio was a much more eloquent speaker and then one gaffe or misstep that distracts. it was like the campaign for him so far. he had great lines. i thought that line w
shouldn't you feel that way now that he's president obama? you know there's something wrong with the kind of job he's done as president when the best feeling you had was the day you voted for him. president obama promised to begin to slow the rise of the oceans. and to heal the planet. my promise is to help you and your family. >> there was some great -- great line, sam stein. one of the great lines we just heard it which was about stopping the rising of the oceans but i'm going to help...
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barack obama is the the true faith. barack obama is a sol alinsky radical. the last hope of left wingers in america. they will swallow almost anything in order to get him re-elected because at 8.3% unemployment, he is -- grave grave danger of getting defeated and they know that for their world view, for their ideology, government-run politician defined left wing world his defeat will be a catastrophe. ask yourself when harry reid is blatantly totally dishonest why is not a single democratic senator saying you know, you really shouldn't say things for which you have zero proof. when the white house -- as you all pointed out, the idea that gibbs is not close to obama, is pathetic. so clearly this ad was in some way approvable by the general team. >> yeah. >> by the way, axelrod on sunday was just blatantly dishonest in a way that is almost funny. you look at the stuff and think, what you're seeing, i believe, is a level of desperation we have not seen since the 1980 election and i think this president knows that he is in deep, deep trouble. >> all right. i thi
barack obama is the the true faith. barack obama is a sol alinsky radical. the last hope of left wingers in america. they will swallow almost anything in order to get him re-elected because at 8.3% unemployment, he is -- grave grave danger of getting defeated and they know that for their world view, for their ideology, government-run politician defined left wing world his defeat will be a catastrophe. ask yourself when harry reid is blatantly totally dishonest why is not a single democratic...